WLH Consulting and Learning Solutions
Associate Consultant, Commercial Excellence
WLH Consulting and Learning Solutions (“WLH”) specializes in organizational change, strategic execution, commercial excellence, leadership development, and human capital optimization within the pharmaceutical and life sciences industry. We partner closely with clients, immersing ourselves in their culture, priorities, and challenges to design solutions that elevate commercial performance and drive sustainable transformation.
The Associate Consultant, Commercial Excellence is a hands-on, execution focused role reporting to the Commercial Excellence Lead. This role is ideal for someone who brings foundational pharmaceutical industry knowledge and enjoys building and customizing client-ready solutions for a commercial audience.
Summary Description
The Associate Consultant, Commercial Excellence is a critical contributor to WLH’s consulting and learning solutions practice, with a strong focus on strategic account management excellence, customer centric resource development, and commercial capability building. This individual performs a key role in customizing WLH methodologies, frameworks, and tools and tailoring them thoughtfully to client needs, therapeutic areas, and functional realities, applying foundational learning principles to ensure solutions drive behavior change.
Success in this role requires pharmaceutical acumen, comfort working across commercial and adjacent functions (e.g., market access, medical), and the ability to leverage consultative questioning that leads to relevant, high-quality deliverables. While WLH will train on its proprietary methodologies and approaches, the Associate Consultant must bring a working understanding of the pharmaceutical marketplace and commercial operating models. This individual will quickly become a trusted partner to internal teams and external clients, consistently driving outcomes aligned with WLH’s mission, values, and quality standards.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Customer Centered Resource & Solution Development
• Support upfront diagnostics by gathering, organizing, and synthesizing client, market, and role-specific information. Asks thoughtful questions that help clarify client needs, constraints, and success criteria.
• Apply foundational instructional design and adult learning principles to ensure learning resources are practical, engaging, and effective for commercial audiences.
• Customize WLH tools, frameworks, and learning resources (e.g., account planning frameworks, playbooks, and learning journeys to reflect:
• Specific therapeutic areas
• Client commercial structures
• Role expectations across matrix teams
• Adapt materials to support engagements ranging from a single role or therapeutic area to integrated, multi-TA, multi-role deployments.
• Ensure deliverables are practical, relevant, and aligned with client realities—not “off-the-shelf.”
• Continuously refine and adapt materials based on client feedback, evolving market conditions, and emerging commercial challenges.
Account Management & Client Engagement
• Support initiatives across WLH’s core focus areas, with a strong emphasis on strategic account management, customer segmentation, stakeholder mapping, and value based engagement strategies.
• Participate in internal team meetings and client meetings demonstrating professionalism, preparedness, and growing credibility.
• Collaborate with WLH team members to collect, analyze, and synthesize customer and market data to inform solution design, account planning tools, and commercial recommendations.
• Incorporate feedback from senior WLH consultants and clients to refine materials and approaches.
• Execution & Operational Excellence
• Manage assigned tasks and timelines across multiple projects with attention to detail and quality. Develop polished deliverables—including PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, Excel based tools, and other materials that meet WLH’s standards for clarity, accuracy, and strategic impact.
• Adhere to WLH quality standards, confidentiality expectations, and consulting best practices.